#BC7E59#BC7E59

#BC7E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.093 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7E59
RGB	rgb(188, 126, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(22, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 19.95, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 35.89, 56.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.058 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.093 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0048, 26.3368, 12.9525)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7E59 #5997BC

analogous

#BC5966 #BC7E59 #BCAF59

triadic

#BC7E59 #59BC7E #7E59BC

tetradic

#BC7E59 #66BC59 #5997BC #AF59BC

square

#BC7E59 #66BC59 #5997BC #AF59BC

split-complementary

#BC7E59 #59BCAF #5966BC

monochromatic

#6E452C #9A603E #BC7E59 #CEA085 #DFC2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#BC7E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#BC7E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7E59

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7E59	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 126, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.093 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a388',
    500: '#bc7e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7e59;
$custom-light: #d3a388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.424,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64844,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7E59

secondary

#A3BECD

accent

#A4D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7E59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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